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A PAIR OF PARIS PLATINUM AND GOLD GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUES

CIRCA 1880

A PAIR OF PARIS PLATINUM AND GOLD GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUES
CIRCA 1880
In the Japonism aesthetic, each painted with a pair of exotic birds balanced on a flowering prunus branch and further scattered moths, butterflies and flowering branches of berries and prunus, decorated with overlapping mons and palette-shaped ornament painted with carp, cockatoos and Eastern landscapes, framed within a border of blue and iron-red flowerheads and strap-work
8 5/8 x 12 5/8 in (22 x 32 cm.) (2)